McKenzie acknowledges Pryor’s days in Oakland are all but over

The Raiders have been quietly shopping quarterback Terrelle Pryor for a month or two, and Monday at the NFL Owners Meetings in Orlando, general manager Reggie McKenzie said that actually both sides are looking at getting Pryor a fresh start.

Pryor will likely be traded or released soon, McKenzie told reporters.

McKenzie told reporters that Pryor’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has “mentioned it to me” that Pryor would like to be traded or released. Oakland just traded a sixth-round pick to Houston Friday for starting quarterback Matt Schaub.

Pryor started nine games last season, beating out Matt Flynn and then losing his job to rookie Matt McGloin, and he had mixed results. Pryor, who missed three weeks in the middle of the season with a knee injury, ran for 576 yards but threw 11 interceptions against seven touchdowns. He completed only 47 percent of his passes in his last four appearances.

The Raiders coaching staff grew frustrated with Pryor’s head being on a swivel in the pocket and him not going through his progression of receivers coming open downfield.

Oakland will likely draft a quarterback — not in the first round — in May to groom behind new starter Schaub and No. 2 quarterback Matt McGloin. Veteran Trent Edwards is also currently on the roster.

“Terrelle wants to start so bad,” McKenzie told reporters Monday. “So we’re going to … I’ll visit with him and we’ll talk to him and we’ll move on from there.”

Pryor recently re-hired Rosenhaus after firing agent Jerome Stanley. Stanley, you remember, said that Pryor was being given the start in Week 17 last season because coach Dennis Allen wanted Pryor to fail, thereby making the decision to go with McGloin earlier look good.

Allen said that was “the stupidest thing I’ve ever friggin’ heard,” and maintained that his assessment of McGloin was done and that starting Pryor gave the Raiders the best chance to win that week.

The whole truth actually may be that starting Pryor was an owner-suggested last-ditch effort for the young quarterback to prove himself.

Pryor did not play well in the season-ending loss to Denver, and sorry Raiders fans, he is still not going to consider a move to tight end.